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Location:

So. Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

St.George marathon 2009 - 3:34:07.  It was a PR on my 11th time running St. George.

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run St. George in under 3:30; be in the top 3 in my age group

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay strong, run well for many more years.  Still set PR's in my 50's.

Learn how to run more relaxed and efficient.

Personal:

I'm married with four children.  I run with a group called the Bingham Butt-Kickers, a really fun group of people that gets me out running early on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and sometimes Saturdays.   I recently found out that I've been running with poor form for many years, which has probably contributed to some nagging aches and pains I've had for years.  One of my big goals now is to be able to run with better form and to have running feel more effortless.  I hope this won't take too many years to achieve!
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Fri, Dec 12, 2008
Total Distance
3.00

I managed to get up and make it to Lisa's 5:30 class at the Rec Center.  Usually, I talk myself out of going, but today I made it somehow.  We worked on lower body strength.  I like the class because we do a lot of the exercises my physical therapist says I should do, but I never do them to the extent she has us do them.  Lunges, squats, planks, core work, all that stuff I need to do to run injury free.  Plus, we jump and do other things that are good that I seldom do on my own.  So I was glad as always that I went.

Later I took my dog to the canal road and ran a little.  I wanted to run for a while at a very comfortable pace, just to see what that pace is.  It turned out to be 11:30 minute miles.  Pretty slow, but it was comfortable.  I then ran for 5 minutes comfortably hard, and averaged 8:36.  I then did one minute pretty hard, and that average was 7:25.  The Garmin is great, I can experiment with different paces.  Is this the last nice day before the snow?

 

Comments
From Kelli on Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 19:38:15

Sometimes I think the snow is nice---it seems to be warmer! The ice I could do without, though!

Glad you had a great day and that you are having fun with your Garmin! Do you wonder how you ever survived without it???

Scott and I would be happy to host another run anytime, by the way!

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